Jose Guerrero

Ezequiel Olivas-Yanez is one of 18 people indicted in connection with a methamphetamine conspiracy that law enforcement officials have linked to Mexican drug cartels. Olivas-Yanez is charged with using his residence at 2174 N. 700 Road to distribute and possess methamphetamine.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Jose Guerrero, one of two men charged in a Douglas County cockfighting operation.

The man did not show up for a brief appearance Tuesday in Douglas County District Court, prosecutors said.

Guerrero, 40, and Ezequiel Olivas, 44, were arrested in November on suspicion of conducting cockfighting, for allegedly breeding roosters on their property seven miles south of Eudora, to participate in the illegal blood sport. The sheriff said 169 birds were removed from the property.

The suspects are expected to be the first tried for the crime since a Kansas law was amended in July to make cockfighting a felony. Both men were released from jail on bond.

The case against Olivas, who is being represented by former Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison, was continued to Jan. 26, prosecutors said.